A Beach City Music Blog

“If Feeling Means A Thing” by Crooks On Tape

Highland Park‘s Crooks On Tape is a vet trio comprised of John Schmersal (Enon, Brainiac, Vertical Scratchers, Caribou, Girls Against Boys), Rick Lee (Enon, Skeleton Key, Butter 08), and Joey Galvan. Armed with synthesizers, samplers, and loopers, they pieced together a debut album, Fingerprint (Misra), from hundreds of hours of recorded improv sessions. And they claim this is their “pop record” with “stranger things to follow.” Here’s their most accessible (yet still spooky) song “If Feeling Means A Thing”: